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Summer Camps 2012

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Our library offers FREE Summer Camps so youth
of all ages can participate together in a constructive
activity and develop literary and leadership skills.
Registration is required for all camps.

FREE! But space is limited; please register early!

 

Our Summer 2012 Camps

 

Younger Kids    |     Older Kids     |     Teens  

 

Find the camp that is best for your kids! 

Listed below roughly by starting age; be sure to check through the entire list. Registration is required for all of these FREE camps, but camp sizes are limited so be sure to register as soon as possible!


 

Music: Building the Band 

Grades K-4

Monday-Thursday sessions,  1:00-4:00 PM,   select branches

This hands-on program turns a group of campers into its own “jug band.”
Students each get a part in the band playing kazoos, boards, sticks,
blocks, shakers and more. Students learn instrumental and vocal parts.

 

Junior Discovery CampClub Cuyahoga   (age 7+8)  

Monday-Thursday sessions,  noon-4:00 PM,  select branches

Interactive math, science, reading, art, and culture at the club.  

 

 

Robotix Blox: Wimpy Robot Challenge 

Ages 8 - 10

4-day Lego camps, afternoons,   select branches

Build and program a LEGO® Mindstorms™ robot to master challenges from
Jeff Kinney’s popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Sorry! These camps are FULL.

 

Visual Art:  Caribbean Carnival

Grades 3 - 5

Monday-Thursday sessions,  1:00-4:00 PM,  select branches

Take a trip to the tropics through geography, science, art, and music— 
inspired by the “Carnival” world of color. Learn the cultures of the world
through chalk street-painting, mask making, fabric design, or batik.

 

2D Game Design with Scratch

Ages 8-11

Monday-Friday sessions, 1:30 - 4:30 PM, select branches

Students will work with computer graphic techniques and animation
fundamentals to design a basic computer video game. Sorry! These camps are FULL.

 

 Arts Alive CampClub Cuyahoga (age 9+10

Monday-Thursday sessions,  noon-4:00 PM,  select branches

Bring your drama to the Theatre, activate your Art and read, rap, and rhyme
into Creative Writing. Led by Jim Chones and his imaginative teaching team.

 

Video Game Design Camp 

Ages 9-13

Monday-Friday sessions, 1:00-4:00 PM,   Solon Branch

Camp for video game design via a step-by-step process that involves
introductory programming skills, computer science, and creativity.

 

Robotronics Camp 

Ages 10 - 14

Week-long camps, 1:30-4:30 PM,  select branches

Discover how to invent new robot designs through Lego Mindstorm 2.0™.

 

Tween U Camp: Club Cuyahoga 

Ages 11+12

Monday-Thursday sessions,  noon-4:00 PM,  select branches

Create a virtual world, animate it, create video games and an app!
Math and science adventures. 

 

Robotix Blox: Camp Half-Bot 

Ages 11 - 13

4-day Lego camps, afternoons,   select branches

Build and program a LEGO® Mindstorms™ robot to master other challenges in Rick Riordan’s
popular Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Make sure to attend all four days! 

 

Authors and Illustrators Camp 

Ages 11-14

Monday-Thursday sessions, 1:00 - 4:00 PM, select branches

Explore techniques with the support of visual design professionals and
learn how to write a better story.  Meet author Shelley Pearsal.

 

Girl Power 

Girls ages 11-14

Monday-Friday, 1-5 PM,  select branches

This program is unique because it provides girls with the opportunity to
connect  with an adult mentor, develop financial skills, connect with peers,
explore colleges, increase self-esteem, and learn about risky behaviors. 

 

 

Shipwreck Camps: Robotics & Navigation 

Ages 12 - 15       Monday-Friday,   10:00 AM-3:00 PM

Parma-South Branch

One-week camp investigating shipwrecks and marine archaeology technology. 
Take a Mindstorms robotics challenge. Real shipwreck explorers share their adventures. 

 

Media Arts Camp

11-18 years old

2-day camps, 9:30 AM-5:00 PM,   select branches

A multi-disciplinary experience where students will produce original work (create a website,
original electronic music, stop motion animated video).  Please bring a brown bag lunch.

 

Hip Hop Camp

Ages 11 - 18

Monday-Friday, 1-4 PM, select branches

Develop your imagination, creativity and self- expression, and skills in team work and
critical thinking. We’ll cover DJing, MCing (rapping), Dance, and Graffiti style art.  

 


Music Production Camp

11-18 years old

2-day camps, 9:30 AM-5:00 PM,  select branches

Work with a professional audio engineer and producer.  Conduct an actual recording session; 
learn how to edit.  Take home a CD of final product. Please bring a brown bag lunch.

 

Video Production Camp

11-18 years old

2-day camps, 9:30 AM-5:00 PM,  select branches

Work with a professional film makers to learn all the phases of the video production
process. Take home a DVD of final product. Please bring a brown bag lunch.

 

Robotix Blox: MockingBot Camp 

Ages 14 - 18

4-day camps, afternoons,   select branches

Tick Tock, build and program a LEGO® Mindstorms™  robot to survive the
clock arena from Catching Fire!   Make sure you can attend all four days!

  

Mixed Media Camp

Ages 14 - 18

2-day camps, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM,  select branches

Enhance your mixed media skills in digital animation, movie making, and
custom digital art. We explore and design movie shorts for two intense days.

 

 

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